Single phase induction motor

Claim 1

A SINGLE PHASE INDUCTION MOTOR HAVING ONE OR MORE PERMANENTLY SHORT-CIRCUITED STARTING WINDINGS WHEREIN THE STATOR IS FORMED OF TWO SEPARATE MAGNETIC METAL MEMBERS, ONE MEMBER BEING GENERALLY U-SHAPED WITH A BIGHT HAVING A PAIR OF SIDE LEGS EXTENDING THEREFROM, AND THE OTHER MEMBER BEING GENERALLY U-SHAPED WITH A BIGHT ING A CENTRAL LEG EXTENDING THEREFROM; THE FREE ENDS OF SAID LEGS AND THE INNER EDGES OF SAID BIGHT AND SAID HEAD BEING FORMED WITH COMPLEMENTARY INTERLOCKING FORMATIONS, ONE EDGE OF SAID CENTRAL LEG AND THE INNER EDGE OF ONE SIDE LEG, WHEN SAID MEMBERS ARE ASSEMBLED, CONJOINTLY DEFINING A SUBSTNTIALLY CYLINDRICAL STATOR TUNNEL COMPLETELY CLOSED LATERALLY BY MAGNETIC METAL, SAID MEMBERS BEING ASSEMBLED BY RELATIVE MOVEMENT PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF SAID TUNNEL TO INTERLOCK SAID FORMATIONS,AT LEAST ONE OF SAID LEGS HAVING A STARTING WINDING LATERALLY EMBRACING THE SAME ADJACENT THE FREE END THEREOF AND INWARDLY OF THE INTERLOCKING FORMATION ON SUCH FREE END WHEREBY, WHEN SAID TWO MEMBERS ARE ASSEMBLED, SAID STARTING WINDING IS MAINTAINED AGAINST DISPLACEMENT BY THAT PORTION OF THE OTHER MEMBER HAVING AN INTERLOCKING FORMATION COOPERABLE WITH THE INTERLOCKING FORMATION ON THE FREE END OF SAID ONE LEG.